Presenting Zines at Galleries, Book Warehouses, and More This Fall!

In just over a week, Papercut Librarians will be presenting our very own pop-up zine library at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) in Boston! We will be facilitating a conversation of sorts about zines as a medium, within a larger exhibit presented by artist and zinester Amy Sillman. If you miss us on October 5, we will be bringing the pop-up library back on November 17th.

That same weekend, we will also be tabling at the Harvard Book Store’s Warehouse Weekend, dedicated to Zines, Comics, and Local Craft! Come to 14 Park St. in Somerville, 10am-6pm on October 5+6 to check out our free zine making table and some awesome new merch and zines we will be selling!

Stay tuned for more events, workshops and news the the next few weeks. This is truly an exciting time for Papercut and we are excited for all of the great organizations we are partnering with to make these things happen!

Our zines are currently living in a new space at 10 Ward St. in Somerville.

We will be open Sundays from 2pm to 7pm or, as always, we are happy to open by appointment. Email, call, or text us for the address and directions.

You can also contact us to set up an event, book us for a workshop, or have us curate a pop-up library at your event or classroom!

Since we've moved to a new space, zines are back in circulation! If you have any of our zines that you forgot to return, please bring them home (and take out some new ones!).

About Us

Papercut is a fully-functioning lending library, with a focus on hand-made and independently produced materials. Our collection includes everything from the all-familiar photocopied punk rock zines from the 80's to hand-crafted personal zines bound together with yarn.

Papercut is run by a collective of volunteer librarians. In addition to archiving and maintaining this collection, librarians also host a number of events including zine making workshops and zine release parties.

Become a member today to join this growing community of zine enthusiasts!